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2 minutes ago, Ark said:

Fanatics may have gone too far by trying to manufacture actual in-game jerseys worn by players.

 

Enough complaints (which are inevitable given Fanatics quality) and the leagues will drop Fanatics. Best case scenario for them they still have their nice fan apparel business. But the upcoming backlash may cause the leagues to drop Fanatics completely.

The NHL is still hosed though. 

2 hours ago, WideRight said:

San Antonio, Texas:  Pretty bad stadium and the dome is way too big. 

There are several newer stadiums that can make up the seating difference with temporary seating as well. Dub Farris, Gustafson and Heroes stadium all have at least 10,000 seats without end zone seating. 

Heroes Stadium (NEISD)

Gustafson

21 hours ago, Brian E said:

welp, the mets one sucks:

I believe the Guardians have the same design too, but it's a snapback and not an actual spring training cap. The adjustable sign on the bill tells me this isn't the primary spring training cap either. 

1 hour ago, ltjets21 said:

It might be an unpopular opinion but ever since the LA Super Bowl I've thoroughly enjoyed the templated super bowl logos. I think I even prefer them to everyone designing their own individual logo. I think a lot of the rhetoric around the old logos is rooted in nostalgia.  In the first 20 super bowls I'd say there were about 4-5 unique logos. A ton of them also were just generic red white, and blue outside of the logos involving the roses from Pasadena super bowls. I think it is important to acknowledge as well outside of the Scott Norwood super bowl these didn't appear on jersey patches until Elway vs the Packers so I think there were different design influences. Do the logos below show any flare or personality of either New Orleans or San Diego? The one gripe I do have with the current system is that it is a bit corporate but I've gotten passed that.

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I preferred each game having it's own specific logo. If the NFL copied how the NCAA does March Madness, with a couple required elements but allowing each city to have it's own game specific look could make for some solid looks. 

Columbus and San Antonio. 

Dragons

33 minutes ago, ltjets21 said:

I wouldn't say the Sack Exchange numbers are generic,  look at the bend on the 7. I believe this is a champion block font which used to be quite popular but now I don't think it is used anywhere.

By definition it's a generic font, because it had been used across multiple teams that had Champion as their uniform suppliers. But since the Jets are the only ones with it now, it's almost become a custom font. 

3 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

Thanks for reminding me of my nostalgia for the Orange Crush Broncos. 

If the Broncos are actually changing, they should be going with this. 

12 hours ago, Pigskin12 said:

Wow! Is this the first team to listen to the fans and literally “make these permanent” without any modifications?

 

I liked that the retro uniforms limited the amount of black jersey games. Now we’re probably gonna be stuck seeing that generic, worthless, cringeworthy, painfully overused, steaming hot garbage the full three games this year, and that pisses me off.

With the new Nike design, it's easier to just go with the Sack Exchange uniforms.

3 hours ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Doesn't it have to so that it's a team color and they can then make the black alt?

I believe so, but I wouldn't be surprised if they went the 1990's route and added black trim to the sleeve stripes, or do what they did with Indianapolis and make the swoosh black.

One downside, they could make the facemasks black, which should only happen on the black uniforms, which will likely have a black helmet as well, unless they ditch it so that they can have the Namath throwbacks later down the line. 

10 hours ago, GDAWG said:

If Clark Hunt cared as much about FC Dallas than he does with the Chiefs, maybe things will be better for FC Dallas, but alas it isn't meant to be.  

And it's why the Columbus Crew have steadily improved since he gave them up, though it took the guy who bought them trying to pull a Major League to get the team in better shape with the next owners. 

10 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

He’s four championships away from catching Brady. Can we please pump the brakes on this guy a bit? It’s really getting ridiculous. 
 

Y’all are absolutely nuts. 

He's also got a good 8-10 years left if he avoids serious injuries. I'm happy to see if he can do it. Especially since the Browns are stuck with the worst contract in sports for three more years. 

13 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said:

As a fellow millennial I like the HT show

My teenager was hyped for the halftime show. It delivered in my opinion. It's also important to remember how neutered they are compared to what the artist would do without the NFL deciding what's allowable.

11 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said:

49ers can't capitalize on these Chiefs mistakes. 

I feel like eventually this is going to blow up in their face. Chiefs defense should get the MVP if they win.

1 hour ago, slapshot said:

The font is a bit too light for the team/city name, and white text almost gets lost in the brightness of the gradient.

 

EDIT: White on gold is practically illegible.  Really needs to be darker.

They should have darkened the gold as well. 

1 hour ago, Old School Fool said:

Yes, the Super Bowl is also on Nickelodeon and yes it is Spongebob themed.

 

Love that Dora asked, "Who needs a map to the end zone?", as Mahomes gets sacked.

Columbus 

13 hours ago, McCall said:

Yeah, I'm sure players are gonna leave the bigger markets of the NWSL to play in Spokane and Chattanooga.

The only thing they have over NWSL is that they play in line with European calendars. It's weird that they are expanding the USL W League as well, which has teams in bigger markets than the ones in the Super League. 

13 hours ago, GDAWG said:

 

So what is interesting is that this league is owned by the USL and yet two USL teams have NWSL teams.  

I wonder if we see those two NWSL squads separate from their current owners. I'd think they would want to much for anyone else coming in to take them off of their hands though.

11 hours ago, Kevin W. said:

The sport as a whole is probably heading in that direction, especially since it's only a matter of time until the schools have to start paying players.

Paying them legitimately, am I right? Texas A&M bought Eric Dickerson a Trans Am, and he never played a down for them. 

On 11/14/2022 at 7:44 PM, Bomba Tomba said:

They look like starfish with prosthetic legs

That guy is for the Paralympics.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3FRfkBM4E1/?igsh=MWlhd2N4aHMycG51Yg==

The Olympic medals will all have a piece of the Eiffel Tower embedded in them. 

1 hour ago, WSU151 said:

Nothing official, but PJ Fleck is rumored to be a leading candidate to replace Chip Kelly at UCLA.

 

PJ better not up UCLA’s damn-near-perfect uniforms. 

I can't see any advantage to bringing him in other than he's been coaching in the league. I don't think Row the Boat really works with a team like UCLA, but I'm sure he'll try squeezing it in somewhere. 

2 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said:

 

No wonder he bailed, looking at the UCLA schedule:

@Hawaii

vs. Indiana 

@LSU

vs. Oregon

@Penn State

vs Minnesota 

@Rutgers

@Nebraska 

vs. Iowa

@Washington 

vs. USC

vs. Fresno State 

If the school wants you to leave, this was the best thing to happen for him.  They said they'll have a replacement in 4 days. I wonder who's answering that call?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39492371/ohio-state-hire-ucla-coach-chip-kelly-new-oc

If this comes to fruition, based on Bill O'Brien going to Boston College, I think this is actually an upgrade for Ohio State. It also leaves plenty of egg on UCLA's face, since they had just put the knives away after planning to fire him halfway through last season. 

https://theathletic.com/5263930/2024/02/09/bally-twins-rangers-guardians-broadcast-deal/

"One-year deals for Diamond Sports to continue broadcasting the Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers became official Friday morning, when Judge Chris Lopez approved the contracts in bankruptcy court.

The approvals mean fans of those teams can watch TV broadcasts in 2024 as they did before, via Diamond’s Bally-branded regional sports networks. At the same time, the deals do not provide any new in-market streaming option for fans who have had trouble watching games".

Condors

Blues

43 minutes ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

I miss the stripes. Always felt this had some merit.

These were the best option of a bad bunch of options. None of the uniforms in this set were good. This is just the most like a normal uniform that they had.